Where’s Bob?

Here’s a picture of me, and with the people from CA-3 Mental Health Response Team at a Federal Training in College Station, Texas.   You may notice I am the beardless one at the back left.  This was an exercise for response to a pandemic flu and we had to wear masks requiring a clean shaven face.  It was very, very hot outside in our Disaster Medical Assistance Team tents working with over two hundred members of the National Disaster Medical System from all over the country.  This is an international training center for disaster responders of all kinds including dogs and it was full of train wrecks, collapsed buildings, and every kind of dangerous situation you never want to experience.  I enjoyed seeing what goes into training emergency responders.

When the flu season starts remember to do all those things your mother taught you – wash your hands a lot; cover your sneezes and coughs; and don’t pretend you are not sick when you are, and stay home.  This is not what I spent a week learning but these are the most important ways we can care for one another this coming fall.

Hope to see you all soon (with or without a beard)

Bob